Thank you for the great participation in our online card sort activity! We had 290 participants and 138 who completed all the task activities! This data and feedback will help us to improve our support task models to enable better access to technical content in the future.

What did we find?

Most of our task categories matched well to the common types of activities that customers want to perform. However, some activities didn’t seem to neatly fit in any single category. See more details below.

In addition to the task categories we provided, several participants also suggested new or revised categories such as “Alerts & Communication”, “Install/Replace Hardware”, and more.

Analysis of Data

For each task, the following categorization was done to assess whether it had a “Low”, “Medium”, or “High” alignment with a particular category:

Low indicates less than 50% of users all agreed on a single category for the task

Medium indicates 50-75% of users agreed on a single category for the task

High indicates that more than 75% of users agreed on a single category for the task

Of the 35 tasks in the study, the results were as shown below.

Alignment

Task Volume

Task %

Low

9

26%

Medium

13

37%

High

13

37%

Total

35

100%

The 9 tasks with the lowest alignment to a single category, indicating that none of the categories seemed like a good fit, are listed here:

Tasks with Lowest Category Alignment

Host attach

See all bugs fixed in a release

Replace a part of the System

Connect to EMC

Find cabling instructions

See latest security advisories

Tailor the product to meet specific needs

Enable licensing

Migrate data

What’s next?

We are reviewing the data to see where we can further improve the task model, and especially target tasks with the lowest category alignment. Changes and improvements may include expanding or revising task categories, adding additional description to better help users understand which content would be included in each one, or adding new categories.

We will then use this data to help design a next generation of improved task categories to assist in accessing support and technical content.

Also, for those who agreed to participate in future usability studies, you have earned a special place in our hearts! We appreciate your willingness to continue to support our efforts to improve your experience.